Quote Originally Posted by Joronas View Post
I stopped believing the story about balancing raids a long time ago. I stopped believing the story about materia changes because tanks had to spend too much gil when I started thinking about it. Both have just enough truth to pass the first glance, but neither makes sense unless you also consider crafting to be not worth consideration. As for the "raid gear is special" ... 1 day to get full 190s. 1 day.
1 day after, you know, 3+months of being out.

The i210 gear is randomized stats and randomized stat values. It can roll to be great, but so far most of it rolls to be crap. So in terms of bang for your buck, Alexander Savage is still the best place to get the top-end equipment. Just because it has i210 on the Mistbreak doesn't make it good.